Notice to political parties in Maharashtra for not submitting audit, I-T return

Mumbai: The State Election Commission (SEC) has issued show cause notices to 280 political parties in Maharashtra for not submitting audit and income tax return, announcing they will face de-registration if they fail to submit it before December 30.

Of 280 political parties, most of them are from Mumbai, Thane and Western Maharashtra, while few of them are from Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, State Election Commissioner J S Saharaiya said.

Mumbai has 40 political parties which are on radar of the SEC, while 20 are from Thane district, 25 political parties got notice from Jalgaon, 24 from Pune, 22 from Ahemdnagar, 13 from Solapur, 21 from Satara, 13 from Sangli and 14 from Kolhapur includes Tararani Aghadi Paksha.